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wall/wɔ:l/ n. & v.●n. 1a a continuous and usu. vertical structure of usu. brick or stone, having little width in proportion to its length and height and esp. enclosing, protecting, or dividing a space or supporting a roof 墙；围墙；城墙 b the surface of a wall, esp. inside a room 墙壁 hung the picture on the wall 把图片挂在墙上 2 anything like a wall in appearance or effect, esp. 形状或作用如墙的，尤指 : a the steep side of a mountain 山的峭壁 b a protection or obstacle 防护；屏障 a wall of steel bayonets 钢刀墙; a wall of indifference 冷漠之墙 c Anat. the outermost layer or enclosing membrane etc. of an organ, structure, etc. 【解】(器官组织等的)外壁；膜壁等 d the outermost part of a hollow structure (中空结构的)外壁 stomach wall 胃壁 e Mining rock enclosing a lode or seam 【采矿学】(护住矿脉或矿层的)石壁 ●v. tr. 1 (esp. as 尤作 walled adj.) surround or protect with a wall 用墙围住(或防护) walled garden 有围墙的花园 2a (usu. foll. by 通常后跟 up, off) block or seal (a space etc.) with a wall 用墙堵住或封闭(一个空间等) b (foll. by 后跟 up) enclose (a person) within a sealed space 把(人)关起来；禁闭 walled them up in the dungeon 把他们关进地牢 □ go to the wall be defeated or pushed aside 被打败；被迫让步；让位 □ go up the wall colloq. become crazy or furious [口]发疯；愤怒 went up the wall when he heard 他听了便狂怒起来 □ off the wall (hyphenated when attrib. 作定语时加连字符) esp. N. Amer. slang unorthodox, unconventional [尤北美] [俚语]非正统的；不依惯例的 □ walls have ears it is unsafe to speak openly, as there may be eavesdroppers (谚语)隔墙有耳 □ wall-to-wall 1 (of a carpet) fitted to cover a whole room etc. (指地毯)铺满整个地面的 2 colloq. profuse, ubiquitous [口]极其丰富的；到处存在的 wall-to-wall pop music 无处不在的流行音乐 □ walling n.□ wall-less adj.[Old English from Latin vallum ‘rampart’, from vallus ‘stake’] |